Cuff button



-ftifs Patented den. lge.

GEORGE KOLLSTEDE, OF EROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO V. E. BLACK COMPANY INCORPORATED, A CORPORATION OF RHODE ISLAND.

CUFF- BUTTON.

Application filed. June 6, 1922.

To, all /w/zom t may concern.:

Be it known that l, Gnonen KoLLsrnDn, ja citizen of the United States, residing,v at Providence, in the county of Providence and Str-.te oit Rhone Island, have invented certain new and useful lmprovementsin Cuit' Buttons, of which the following is a specilication.

My invention relates to cull buttons and has tor its essential obiects the avoidance olopen ends and the use ot' solder, and the attainment of' these ends in an inexpensive, easily assemblable, and operable structure.

My invention 'consists in such parts and in such combinations of parts as Afall Within the scope of the appended claim.

In the accompanying` drawings which it'orm a part ot this specication,

Figure l is a side elevation of a. culi' button embodying my invention,

Figure 2, a section on line 2*2 of Fig;- ure l,

Figure 3, an enlarged side elevation of' one end ot the but-ton, partially in section on line 3 3 oit Figure 2,

Figure il, a detail side elevation oit the link member, and

Figure 5, like elevation oit the saine beiore attachment.

Like reference characters indicate .like parts throughout the views.

The button comprises tvfo heads 7 alike. in every detail, and a description ot one Will serve tor both. Each head comprises a lining plate 8. preferably convexoeconcave, and in the pres-eut instance ot polygonal outline. provided upon its rear with a peripheral `groove i). llpon its rear or concave tifare there is rut aud Formed therefrom integral jvlindriral liousii comprising holloivv sides l with integral closure portions l2 at their outer ends. Their inner ends are open as :it 13. The housings are in diametrical alignment with each other on opposite sides of the center ot the plate. Fast to each lining plate is a face or ornament-al plate comprising a conveXo-concave body portion Serial No. 566,253.

l covering` the face of the lining plate, also a rearwardly extending flange 17 embracing the periphery ot the latter plate, and provided ivith a peripheral bead or rolled over portion 18 seated in the groove 9.

The link member represented in general Way by 2O comprises a central or body portion Ll provided at each end with a pair of curved isutilized in assembling the parts. Initially.

the arms are close together, as shown in Fig. 5, and are then manually expanded to the positions shovvn in lFigure et so that the trunnions QT and 28 enter the open ends 13 of the housings and are pivotally seated therein, with the fingers and 26 in Contact with the inner ends oi the body portions `ll ot' the housings or bearings. The heads T have tree pivotal movement relatively to the link member 20.

l claim ln a cuff-button, heads comprising` lining plates provided vvith peripheral grooves. tace plates embracing` the liningplates, beads on the tace plates seated in the grooves, hori- :aontally disposed housings integral with the lining' plates provided with open inner ends. and a link member comprising a body portion. pairs )t' pliable diverging arms integral with the ends ot the body port-ion. lingers npon the ends ot the arms, and triuniifni-z on the tingers at right angles to the lingers eistendingh into the open ends of' the housings.

lu testimony whereof lf have aiiiteil my signature.

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